WASHINGTON — The failure of the congressional “supercommittee” to reach a deal on the federal deficit could hit Maine hard.

WASHINGTON — Democrat Jon Hinck is heading north Nov. 12 to make official his bid to win the U.S. Senate seat held by GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine.

Rep. Jon Hinck’s official entrance into the race will set up a Democratic primary pitting him against former Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap.

The former Democratic Secretary of State files papers with the Federal Election Commission.

  WASHINGTON — Sen. Susan Collins left today for a three-day trip to Jordan and Turkey. The Maine Republican is attending the World Economic Forum in Jordan, where she was invited to address the forum on the role of women’s political and economic equality in the democracy movement happening in a number of Arab countries, according […]

  WASHINGTON — Maine lawmakers are expressing bipartisan support of President Obama’s announcement today that all U.S. combat troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year, though Sen. Susan Collins expressed a note of caution. Collins, R-Maine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that, “Given the failure of […]

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday night was on the verge of passing legislation that would allow trucks weighing up to 100,000 pounds to exit Maine’s side roads and drive back onto all of the state’s interstate highways.

The Senate could vote on the measure as early as this evening.